Longtime Mexican Restaurant in Healdsburg Gets New Name, New Menu

El Farolito is now Gallina D’Oro. The new menu is a bit pared down, but the mole Oaxaqueno, thankfully, remains.

Molcajete, which includes grilled steak, chicken and prawns sauteed with onions in a roasted tomato and chipotle sauce, served with a margarita, at El Farolito in Healdsburg. (Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat)

Pedro Diaz owns El Farolito restaurant in Healdsburg with his brother, Octavio, as well as El Gallo Negro in Windsor. (Christopher Chung/ The Press Democrat)

By Heather Irwin

November 2023

The owners of Healdsburg’s El Farolito have renamed (and revamped the menu) of the longtime restaurant to Gallina D’Oro.

The menu is a bit pared down and more casual, but the mole Oaxaqueno, thankfully, remains. New to the menu is estofado ($25), a roasted chicken with estofado mole (a green mole).

There are also tacos, including tacos ahogados ($17) and quesabrria ($19) because these consomme-dipped beef tacos seem to be required at every taqueria.

Breakfast of chilaquiles ($17) is new as well. “Our dishes, rooted in farm-to-table principles, spotlight two beloved favorites: the humble chicken and the versatile egg,” reads the website at gallinadoro.com.

Open daily, 123 Plaza St., Healdsburg, 707-433-2807.